ReEDS

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Model name

Regional Energy Deployment System

Model Homepage URL

...https://www.nrel.gov/analysis/reeds/

Model License

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Area of application

Electricity Sector

Justify this Model Choice

The Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) is NREL's flagship capacity planning model for the power sector.

The model simulates the evolution of the bulk power system—generation and transmission—from present day through 2050 or later. The ReEDS model informs a range of electricity sector research questions. These include clean energy policy, renewable energy integration, technology innovation, and other forward-looking generation and transmission infrastructure issues. https://github.com/NREL/ReEDS-2.0

Converting the Model Code

This is an optimization model built on GAMS. This model has test and known good results that are validated and peer reviewed.